ImmortalManualScaler — Plain-Language User Guide

A simple guide to what this cBot does, what every setting means, and how to use it without getting surprised.

1. What this bot is (in one breath)

This bot does not find trades for you. It is a trade manager.

You decide when and which direction to trade. The bot then takes over and handles the boring, fast, error-prone parts automatically:

1. Opens the first position.
2. Puts a stop loss on it.
3. Adds more positions as price moves in your favour (this is called "pyramiding" or "scaling in").
4. Moves your stop to break-even so a winning trade can't turn into a loser.
5. Takes profit in stages, or trails the stop, or exits at a fixed dollar amount — your choice.

Think of it as an autopilot for the management of a trade, not for the decision to trade.

2. The big idea, step by step

Here is the whole life of a trade, in order:

YOU START THE BOT
│
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[1] Opens first position + sets stop loss
│
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[2] Places a ladder of pending orders above (for a buy)
│ ── price rises ──► each rung fills, adding to the position
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[3] Price has moved enough → stop jumps to break-even
│ (now the trade is "safe")
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[4] EXIT happens one of three ways (you choose the mode):
• take profit in chunks at TP1 / TP2 / TP3, or
• trail the stop up and ride the move, or
• flatten everything at a set + / – dollar amount
│
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TRADE CLOSED → bot goes idle

That's it. Everything below is just explaining the knobs.

3. Quick start (the fastest way to run it)

1. Put the bot on the chart of the symbol you want (e.g. US100, XAUUSD).
2. Set Symbol Preset to match: Gold, NDX, or Custom if you want to type your own numbers.
3. Set Base Lots (your first position size) and Add Lots (size of each add).
4. Pick Direction (Buy or Sell) and Exit Mode (start with FixedTP).
5. Press start. The bot opens the trade and manages it. Watch the dashboard in the top-right corner.

To stop a trade early, just stop the bot — it leaves the position open for you to handle by hand (it does not close it for you when you stop it).

4. The THREE big switches (these control everything)

Almost all the bot's behaviour comes from three choices. Get these right and the rest is detail.

Switch 1 — Entry Mode: how the trade starts

OptionWhat it does

OpenOnStart

The moment you start the bot, it opens the trade itself, in the Direction you chose. "Starting the bot" is your entry trigger.

AttachToManual

You open the trade by hand (any time). The bot notices it and takes over management. Use this when you want to click Buy/Sell yourself and let the bot handle the rest.

Switch 2 — Scale Order Type: how it adds more positions

OptionWhat it does

Stop

Adds as price moves in your favour (a pyramid). For a buy, it stacks more buys above your entry. This is the normal choice.

Limit

Adds on pullbacks (averaging in). For a buy, it stacks more buys below your entry. Different risk style — only use if you mean it.

None

No adding. Just the one position.

Switch 3 — Exit Mode: how the trade ends (the most important one)

OptionWhat it does

Trailing

No take-profits. Stop goes to break-even, then trails behind price step by step. The whole position rides together and exits when the trail gets hit. Best for trending days.

FixedTP

Scales out at three fixed targets: TP1, TP2, TP3. Banks profit in chunks. Best for choppy/uncertain conditions where you want to lock gains.

FixedTP_ThenTrail

A blend: takes profit at TP1 and TP2, then trails the leftover "runner" instead of using TP3. Bank some, ride some.

There is also a $ Hard Exit override (Section 8). When that's switched on, it ignores all three exit modes and just exits at a dollar amount.

5. How scaling (pyramiding) works — with a picture

Say you Buy US100 with these settings: Base Lots 4, Add Lots 2, Max Adds 5, Add Step 15 pips.

The bot opens 4 lots, then places 5 pending "add" orders 15 pips apart, going up:

Price ▲
+75 ── Add #5 (2 lots)
+60 ── Add #4 (2 lots)
+45 ── Add #3 (2 lots)
+30 ── Add #2 (2 lots)
+15 ── Add #1 (2 lots)
0 ── ENTRY (4 lots) ← stop loss sits below here

As price climbs, each rung fills. If all fill, you're holding 4 + (5 × 2) = 14 lots. The trade is now "fully loaded."

This is powerful but it cuts both ways. Once the basket is fully loaded, a reversal is felt across all the lots, not just the first one. That's why break-even (next section) matters so much — it's what stops a loaded winner from flipping into a painful loss.

Add Lot Increment lets each add be bigger than the last (e.g. +0.5 each rung). Leave at 0 for equal-size adds.

6. Break-Even — the "never give back a winner" feature

When price has moved in your favour by a set amount, the bot moves the stop so the trade can't lose. Two settings control it:

BE Anchor — where break-even sits

OptionMeaning

AverageEntry(recommended)

Break-even is placed at the blended cost of the whole basket. If the stop gets hit here, the entire basket closes green. This is what you want for a pyramid.

FirstEntry

Break-even is placed at the original entry only. Weaker protection once you've added lots above it.

BE Lock (pips) — how much profit to lock

• 0 = stop sits exactly at break-even (zero profit, but no loss). After costs (commission/spread) that's a hair negative.
• 5, 10, etc. = stop sits that many pips into profit, so a stop-out books a small guaranteed gain.

Tip: If your goal is "take a small sure profit instead of risking a winner," use AverageEntry + a small positive BE Lock (like 5–10). That's the combination that does it.

When does break-even trigger?

• In Trailing and ThenTrail modes: when price moves BE Trigger pips in your favour.
• In FixedTP mode: when TP1 is hit (only if "Move SL to BE after TP1 = Yes").

7. The three exit modes, with simple examples

Assume a 14-lot loaded basket and these targets: TP1, TP2, TP3 at set distances, closing 50% / 25% / 25%.

Important: the close percentages are slices of the whole basket size (measured the moment TP1 first hits). So 50 + 25 + 25 = 100 closes everything. If they add up to less than 100, a "runner" is left over.

Trailing

No targets. Stop goes to break-even, then climbs behind price in steps (Trail Step), always staying Trail Distancebehind. The full 14 lots ride together and all exit when the trail is hit. Wins big on trend days, gives back more on reversals.

FixedTP

• TP1 hit → close 50% (7 lots), stop moves to break-even, remaining adds cancelled.
• TP2 hit → close 25% (3.5 lots).
• TP3 hit → close 25% (3.5 lots) → flat, done.

Banks profit steadily. If price reverses after TP1/TP2 but before TP3, the leftover closes at break-even — a small win, not a loss.

FixedTP_ThenTrail

• TP1 hit → close 50%.
• TP2 hit → close 25%.
• The last 25% becomes a runner that trails (TP3 is not used).

Banks two thirds, lets the rest run with a trailing stop.

8. The $ Hard Exit — a simple dollar kill-switch

This is an override. When you turn it on, it ignores TP / break-even / trailing completely and manages the exit purely by floating profit/loss in dollars.

SettingMeaning

Use $ Hard Exit

Yes = this mode takes over everything. No = normal modes run.

$ Win Target

When the basket's floating profit reaches this many dollars → flatten everything (win). 0 = off.

$ Loss Limit

When the basket's floating loss reaches this many dollars → flatten everything (loss). 0 = off.

What still runs while it's on: the entry, the scaling (adds keep filling), and the original stop loss as a gap backstop. What's switched off: TP1/2/3, break-even moves, and trailing.

Watch the scale. The dollar levels react to your whole basket. On US100 a fully loaded basket can be worth ~$18 per point. So a $100 loss limit is only ~6 points of movement once loaded — very tight, will trigger on small wiggles. Size these numbers to your basket, not to a single position.

9. Full settings reference (plain language)

Entry

SettingWhat it means

Entry Mode

OpenOnStart (bot opens trade) or AttachToManual (you open, bot manages).

Direction

Buy or Sell. Only used in OpenOnStart.

Base Lots

Size of the first position.

Label

A name tag for the trade. Cosmetic.

Symbol Preset

SettingWhat it means

Symbol Preset

Gold / NDX load ready-made pip distances. Custom = use the numbers you type below. Lot sizes are never changed by the preset — set those yourself.

Custom Pips (only used when Preset = Custom)

SettingWhat it means

Stop Loss (pips)

Distance of the protective stop from entry. Also the backstop on each add.

Add Step (pips)

Gap between each scale-in rung.

BE Trigger (pips)

Favourable move needed before stop jumps to break-even (trailing modes).

Trail Distance (pips)

How far the trailing stop sits behind price.

Trail Step (pips)

Minimum move before the trail advances one notch.

TP1 / TP2 / TP3 (pips)

The three take-profit distances from the first entry.

Scaling

SettingWhat it means

Scale Order Type

Stop (add in profit) / Limit (add on pullback) / None.

Max Adds (layers)

How many extra positions to stack (up to 20).

Add Lots

Size of each added position.

Add Lot Increment

Make each add bigger than the last (0 = all equal).

Exit

SettingWhat it means

Exit Mode

Trailing / FixedTP / FixedTP_ThenTrail.

TP1 / TP2 / TP3 Close %

Share of the whole basket to close at each target. Sum to 100 to fully exit.

Move SL to BE after TP1

In FixedTP modes, move the stop to break-even when TP1 hits.

Break Even

SettingWhat it means

BE Anchor

AverageEntry (whole-basket break-even, recommended) or FirstEntry.

BE Lock (pips)

Pips of profit to lock in at break-even (0 = exact break-even).

$ Hard Exit

SettingWhat it means

Use $ Hard Exit

Turn the dollar override on/off.

$ Win Target

Flatten at this floating profit. 0 = off.

$ Loss Limit

Flatten at this floating loss. 0 = off.

Display

SettingWhat it means

Show Dashboard

Show the on-chart info panel. Turn off for fast optimisation runs.

10. Reading the on-chart dashboard

The panel (top-right, bright yellow) shows the live state:

IMMORTAL SCALER [US100.cash]
Mode: FixedTP Dir: Buy
Stage: TP1 done (pre-TP2) ← where you are in the trade
--------------------------------------
Entry 30041.18 Avg 30108.96 SL 30109.96
TP1 30141.18 [HIT] TP2 30191.18 [ - ] TP3 30241.18 [ - ]
--------------------------------------
Open 8.00 lots (4 legs) Pending adds 0
Realized +392.96 Unreal +641.40 ← booked vs floating
PnL from start: +1034.36 ← total since the bot started

The lines drawn on the price scale:

• grey dotted = your first entry
• cyan dotted = average entry (where break-even anchors)
• red solid = the live basket stop loss
• green dotted = a take-profit not yet hit → turns orange once hit

11. Ready-to-use example setups

A) Bank-it-steady (US100, FixedTP) Entry OpenOnStart, Direction your call, Preset Custom, Exit Mode FixedTP, Close % 50/25/25, Move SL to BE after TP1 = Yes, BE Anchor AverageEntry, BE Lock 5. → Scales in, locks break-even at TP1, exits flat by TP3.

B) Ride-the-trend (US100, Trailing) Exit Mode Trailing, BE Trigger sensible for the symbol, Trail Distance / Step sized to the symbol, BE Anchor AverageEntry. → Whole basket trails up and exits on a pullback.

C) Dollar kill-switch (any symbol) Use $ Hard Exit = Yes, $ Win Target and $ Loss Limit sized to your basket value. → Ignores TP/trail, flattens at + / – dollars.

12. Important safety notes (please read)

1. The bot has no entry signal. In OpenOnStart it makes one trade when you start it, then goes idle. It is a manager, not a strategy. For repeated automated trades you'd bolt this onto an entry signal.
2. Run one instance per symbol per account. The bot manages every position on its chart symbol. A second instance, or a manual trade on the same symbol, would get swept in.
3. Check the pip size for each symbol. "Pips" mean different price amounts on different symbols. The first log line prints pip=... — confirm it before trusting your distance numbers. Gold numbers will be far too wide on an index, and vice-versa.
4. Match lot sizes across symbols by dollars-per-point, not by lot number. (Example: 1 MNQ future ≈ 2.0 lots of US100 here, because US100 is ~$1/point and MNQ is $2/point.)
5. Pyramiding magnifies reversals. Once the basket is fully loaded, a turn against you hits all the lots. Break-even (AverageEntry + a small lock) is your friend.
6. Backtest in TICK mode. The scaling, partial closes, trailing, and the $ check all react tick by tick. Bar-mode backtests will misrepresent them.
7. Stopping the bot does not close the trade. It leaves positions open on purpose. Close them by hand if you want them gone.

This bot automates trade management only. It does not decide when to trade, and it cannot guarantee profit. Always test on demo first and size risk to your account and your prop-firm rules.